Further to EmIS 4/2019, the designated operator of Antigua and Barbuda, the General Post Office, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the strike has now ended and all postal services have been back to normal since Friday, 25 January 2019.

Internet services in Tonga have been down since Sunday evening, 20 January 2019. This problem is a technical fault with Tonga’s submarine cables and is beyond the control of Tonga Post and the Internet service providers.

Further to EmIS 137/2018, the designated operator of Uruguay, Correo Uruguayo, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that negotiations have been fruitful and that the processing of inward international mail will return to normal on 28 January 2019. From that date onwards, all postal items can be forwarded to Uruguay.

Further to EmIS 7/2019, the designated operator of Switzerland, Swiss Post, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the weather in the eastern part of Switzerland has stabilized. Postal operations resumed on Thursday, 17 January 2019, with the exception of a few homes that remain isolated.

Heavy snowfall is affecting delivery in the Alpine region of the Canton of Graubünden, in the eastern part of Switzerland. Closed roads and strong avalanche warnings are making it difficult or even impossible to deliver postal items in postcode areas 72xx, 73xx, 75xx, 76xx and 77xx. It is currently not possible to predict when normal postal operations will resume as the snowfall is expected to continue over the next few days.

Further to EmIS 2/2019, the designated operator of Thailand, Thailand Post asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators of the full resumption of postal services in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province as from 9 January 2019.

The State Enterprise of Special Post is currently dealing with a backlog of EMS mail. This follows the recent embargo on cargo and mail imports at Boryspil International Airport (KBP), and the significant increase in volumes of incoming international mail following the lifting of that embargo. Consequently, the processing and delivery of EMS items in Ukraine is currently taking longer than normal. The State Enterprise of Special Post kindly asks designated operators to inform the senders of EMS items that there are delays in the delivery of ...